Battery carrier



Feb. 3, 1948.

C. SUMTER BATTERY CARRIER INVENTOR.

Chester SLLTTfiEI" ATTORNEYS.

Filed June 22, 1944 Patented Feb. 3, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEBATTERY CARRIER Chester Sumter, Knoxville, Tenn. Application June 22,1944, Serial No. ,541,503

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This invention relates to improvements in package carriers.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a carrierparticularly adapted for the lifting and transportation of storagebatteries.

A further object of'this invention is the provision of an improvedbattery carrier having means to facilitate the expeditious applicationof the same upon the posts or walls' of the storage battery so that thebattery may be lifted and transported with ease.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the followingdetailed description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, andwherein similar reference characters designate corresponding partsthruout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view battery carrier.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the application of the improvedbattery carrier upon a conventional short battery.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the apof the improved plicationof the improved battery carrier upon a, conventional long type battery.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only apreferred embodiment of the invention, the letter A may generallydesignate the improved battery carrier, which is adapted for the supportof short and long type batteries B and C respectively.

The improved battery carrier comprises an elongated supporting memberill, preferably formed of wood altho not limited to such material. Incross section it is preferably square or polygonal altho it may besuitably shaped to conform to the hand of the user. The said supportingmember ID is provided with a series of transverse slots ll thereinopening from the upper surfaces l2 thereof and terminating short of thelower surface; said slots being extended from side to side of thesupporting member. At their lower ends they have enlarged socketportions l3 for a. purpose to be subsequently described. These slots IIare to be used for receiving the jaws of the carrier for clamping shortsized batteries which vary as to length, For the longer batteries C aslot I5 is provided remote from the series of slots II; the slot l5having all of the characteristics of the slots I I above described.

The carrier A at one end of the elongated supporting member I2 isprovided with a fixed jaw or claw 20. It has a portion 2| secured on theunder surface of the carrier member l2, as by means of detachable bolts23. The claw furthermore includes a, hook-shaped battery engaging clawend 23 bifurcated to provide pointed prongs 24 defining a V-shaped postreceiving slot the edges of which are of chisel-shape formation so as togrip with facility into the lead posts of the battery. r

A second jaw or claw 30 is pivoted upon the supporting member l2complementary to the claw 20'. This claw 30 includes an elongatedattaching portion 33 bifurcated for the major length thereof, thebifurcated portions 34 being turned in parallel relation and spaced soas to lie comfortably at each of the sides of the carrier supportportion Ill. The upper ends of the portions 34 receive a pivot pin 35which is adapted to be detachably received in any of the slots H- or l5,Atits lower end the claw 30 is hooked at 31 and bifurcated to providebattery post engaging prongs 38 which are of the same formation as therongs of the fixed claw 2|]. They are pointed at their extreme ends andchisel-shaped on their racin edges.

The claws 2(land 30 are preferably of metal altho not limited thereto.

The use of the improved battery carrier will be apparent from theforegoing, As shown in Figure 2, when it is desired to grip the posts 40of a short type battery B, the pivoted claw 3|] is adjusted in the slotl I which best suits the spacing of the posts 40. With one hand theoperator can then clamp the bifurcated end of the claw 20 upon one ofthe posts 4|] and the bifurcated end of the other claw 30 upon the otherpost 40 in the manner shown in Figure 2 and by grasping the outer handleportion the individual can lift the battery B with ease; thechisel-shaped edges in the sockets of the hooked ends of the clawsgripping into the lead material of the posts and preventing slippage ofthe carrier from the posts, since the weight of the battery will causethe claws to grip the posts more firmly.

In the use of the improved carrier for the support of longer typebatteries 0, such as shown in Figure 3, the pivoted claw 30 is adjustedin the slot I5. The application of the claws upon the posts of thisbattery C is the same as above described for the battery B, but theoperator grasps the supporting portion l2 on the handle between theclaws in such case.

From the foregoing it is apparent that an improved battery carrier hasbeen provided which will facilitate the lifting and transportation ofstorage batteries. It is to be noted that the claw 30 is longer than theclaw 20 and this facilitates the positioning of the carrier so that theindividual can grasp the carrier support with ease. Under somecircumstances, when the posts of storage batteries are broken, it israther difficult to carry the battery. With this improved carrier it ismerely necessary to adjust the claw 30 of the carrier in the desiredslot and the carrier can then be used with the pointed ends of the clawsgripping into the side walls of the battery in a manner which will beperfectly apparent.

Various changes inthetshapa size and'arrangement of parts may be made tothe form of invention herein shown and described, without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or scope of th following claims.

I claim:

tion of an elongated supporting member having a series of slotstransversely thereon along the length thereof, a mixed claw attached.upon 30118 end of the member, and a pivoted claw complementary to the,fixed claw havin means. for. detachable positioning in anyofthe.slotsrtovariably space said claws, for battery gripping purposes.

2. ,In. abattery carrying appliance the combination of an elon atedsupporting-handle,having a series of slots therein adjacent one endhalfixed claw upon said supporting member. at sai diend of .the carrier,asecond claw complementary. torthe :first claw, and means for,pivotingsaidsecond claw in. any of the slots above mentioned.

.-3. In a battery .carrying appliance ,the com-- ,binationcf c an.elongated supporting. handle having a series: ofslots therein adjacentone end, a

fixedclaw upon saidsupporting .memberat said end of the carrier, asecond claw complementary to the.first-claw,iand meansfor pivotingsaidsecv-ondclawin anycof the..s1ots above inentionedfisaid handlehaving a slot therein considerablyspaced fromthe series of slots abovementioned forthe ,pivote'd reception of the .secondmentioned claw tospace. said claws forthelliftingan'd transportation of long batteries.

l 4. In. acarrying appliancelfor' lifting. andcarry- 'ing storagebatteries and .thelike the combina- 1'5 1. In a battery carrying member-theacombination of an elongated rigid supporting handle having a seriesof transverse openings therein adjacent to one end, a fixed claw memberupon said supporting handle at said end of the handle, a second clawmember complementary to the first mentioned claw, and means associatedwith the latter for pivoting the same in any of the openings abovementioned, said handle having an openinng therein considerably spacedfrom the openings above mentione'dtior ithegpivotal reception-of thesecond mentioned claw whereby to space said claws for lifting andtransporting of long batteries and the like.

.,In..an article carrying tool the combination of an elongatedsupporting handle of rigid construction, :.a;"jaw mounted adjacent toone end of the handle and extending transverse theretoforgrippingan=article, a second jaw having a bifurcatedwend providedwith a transverse pivot pin, said handle having a series of spaced slotsintermediate its ends opening on. the upper.sur-

'face'thereof adapted to receive saidpin for-"the pivoting of thebifurcated end of said ;jaw' upon saidha-ndle.

"CHES'IER-SUMTER.

REFERE-NCES' CI-TED The following .referencesareof record in'the file ofvthispatent:

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